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First released in November , Ken Loach's social-realist tale of a boy who adopts a kestrel still resonates and has become a timeless classic of British cinema.

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When director Ken Loach and producer Tony Garnett first screened Kes for British film executives in the autumn of , they were confident that they'd created something authentic and important. He finds a new lease of life when he adopts and trains a recently hatched kestrel he names Kes. But Loach and Garnett's excitement over the film was short-lived.

When the screening finished, the executives told them that the accents were so heavy and Kes was such a regional story that it would premiere in the Yorkshire city of Doncaster and have only a limited run in UK cinemas. Loach and Garnett were adamant that the executives were wrong.

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They insisted that Kes was a film for everybody and that the "central image of Billy and the bird was poetic and had a universal relevance and appeal", Forrest tells the BBC. In order to make sure that the drama was given the release it deserved, Garnett turned to his friends in the national press for help. So, obviously, when you say to someone that something is banned, it makes it more attractive.

When Kes had a wider release at the end of March , it quickly drew acclaim from critics. Writing in The Spectator, Penelope Houston called it a "genuine, resolute little film". Roger Ebert wrote that it was "one of the best, the warmest, the most moving films of recent years" when it finally reached US cinemas in It also became a word-of-mouth hit across the UK, and picked up two awards at the Baftas, with Colin Welland landing the best supporting actor gong for his portrayal of Mr Farthing, and Bradley being named the most promising newcomer to a leading film role.

But Kes's impact goes way beyond the box office it generated and awards it won. It's a classic. Fifty-five years after Kes had its premiere in London on 14 November, , the coming-of-age drama continues to be regarded as one of Britain's greatest films.